Antonio F. Gómez-Skarmeta/1965. He received the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Granada and B.S.(Hons.) and the Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Murcia Spain. Since 1993 he is Professor at the same department and University.

Antonio F. Gómez-Skarmeta has worked on different research projects mainly in the national environment either in the distributed artificial intelligence field (project M2D2) , as in the tele-learning and computer support for collaborative work , and new telematics services in broadband networks (SABA). He was also coordinator of a Socrates CDA (European Master on Sof Computing) and of a Leonardo project for Distance and Open Learning.

He is currently collaborating in two IST projects related to tele-teaching and distance learning, called COLAB and ITCOLE. Additionally he is currently collaborating in two IST projects related IPv6 Euro6IX and 6Power where several advanced services like multicast, multihoming, security and adaptative multimedia applications are being deploy in IPv6 networks. He has published over 50 international papers.